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how do you get your sexy feel back after birth

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sawiros · 28/10/2004 14:55

i have lost my sexy feel i have tried the new clothes and hair nothing seems to work

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sponge · 28/10/2004 15:05

How long since you had the baby? It does take a while to feel anything other than stressed and exhausted and to adjust to your body as a milking machine, together with the fact that you are undoubtedly not quite as slim and firm as before yet.
It does happen though and a partner who is prepared to still find you sexy, even if you don't feel that way yourself, is a big help. Although feelig under any pressure to have sex until you're ready is not good.

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sawiros · 28/10/2004 15:10

the sex is not a problem and my husband gives me alot of affection but its me my baby is 6 months old i am still breastfeeding

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aloha · 29/10/2004 11:15

If you are breastfeeding your body is high in a hormone called prolactin, which reduces your libido (presumably to a/stop you conceiving another child when you can least deal with it physically and b/ to stop you running off with the milkman and abandoning your child )
As well as the prolactin, you will be lower on hormones like testosterone which do affect libido - your hormones will take at least a year to readjust even if you aren't breastfeeding (which is fantastic for your baby and you, but you know that ). You are also adjusting to a totally new role, have your emotional and physical energy drained as never before. Your body and your life will have changed and I just honestly don't think that the year or even two after having a baby are a very sexy time for the vast majority of women. I think we have hugely unrealistic expectatations of our sex lives after babies. Most women have much less sex, feel less sexy etc etc - it's normal. I would say, give yourself time. It is very, very early days.

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nottellingmyname · 29/10/2004 11:49

see here missing libido

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Maya8 · 29/10/2004 11:53

its obviously the day for it!

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